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'Mnangagwa in constitutional violation over security minister'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing criticism for allegedly violating the Constitution by failing to appoint a Minister of Intelligence, a key position mandated by Zimbabwe's supreme law. The accus...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:05hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
War veterans confront Emmerson Mnangagwa
War veterans are calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to revamp his Cabinet and politburo to eliminate newcomers and make room for former combatants.Zanu-PF central committee member and for...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:48hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens his grip on levers of Zimbabwe's Treasury
WITH his close business ally John Muyashavanhu now confirmed as the incoming Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, George Guvamatanga as Finance permanent secretary — chief accounting officer of ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's two-thirds backdoor plot intensifies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is persistently pursuing a Zanu-PF two-thirds majority in Parliament by announcing elections in constituencies left vacant after the recall of several CCC legislators by S...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Harare province celebrates cabinet appointments
Harare metropolitan province has been known to be the home and stronghold of the opposition movements under whatever name or form they choose for the day. The 2023 harmonised election saw ZANU...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 11:23hrs | 2 | by Gift R. Mabhaudhi
Zimbabwe's post-election government appointments are a circus of madness!
So, the elections are over in Zimbabwe!In as much as their conduct and outcome is still hotly disputed by the opposition - a justifiable and legitimate cause, considering how the election was ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:09hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mzembi mocks Zanu-PF's 'military assisted' electoral win
Former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi, who has been in exile in South Africa since the 2017 coup in Zimbabwe, has criticized Zanu-PF's electoral performance and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointm...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A nation at crossroads
Good day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, Zimbabwe is dogged by reputational and socio-economic challenges. Consequently, the citizenry is despondent, crying out for commitment to uphol...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Final Matabeleland North civil servants' relocation by December 2023
The government has made a commitment to promptly address pending water and electricity connections for civil servants' residences in Lupane, facilitating the relocation of all government employees to ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointments irk military
Insiders within the military and those in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's inner circle have disclosed his dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which s...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet met with scorn in Matebeleland
Political parties, civic groups, and other stakeholders in Matebeleland are expressing skepticism about the region's prospects under the new cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This com...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'nepotism' angers Zimbabweans
Nick Mangwana, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information, faced a backlash on social media after defending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent Cabinet appointments, which many criticiz...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends Cabinet appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a grand entrance to State House on Monday to announce his new Cabinet, with many eagerly anticipating the composition of the team that would steer the country's affai...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnanaggwa forced to reverse cabinet appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to drop Nokuthula Matsikenyeri as provincial minister for Manicaland, this is connected to non-constituency MPs he can appoint as ministers. Mnangagwa limi...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 19:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Constitution must be amended
ZIMBABWE has been oscillating like a yoyo for three decades now without coming up with tangible solutions to strengthen the governance system. Our position is clear that we need a complete system over...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Mnangagwa under pressure to reshuffle
PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reshuffle his cabinet within the fractious ruling Zanu-PF ahead of upcoming 2023 harmonised elections.The anticipated reshuffle, accordi...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be using the ANC's step-aside rule to target, purge political opponents
President Cyril Ramaphosa increasingly appears to be using the ANC's "step-aside" rule to target and purge his political opponents, while affirming his untouchable supporters, before next year's elect...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Clyde Ramalaine
Ethnicity: Emmerson Mnangagwa's power weapon
THEORISTS specialising in social identity cite three main categories primordialism, constructivism and instrumentalism ethnic cleavages upon which human nature adopts distinctiveness. Without ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Brian Chitema
Mnangagwa Cabinet appointees don't inspire hope
WE note with concern that President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to be replicating his predecessor, the late former President Robert Mugabe's style of recycling deadwood, particularly his pick for the For...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate scandal-accused takes on Zimbabwe's foreign affairs assignment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new Cabinet appointments on Monday, filling in positions at the transport and foreign affairs ministries following the Covid-19 deaths of Joel Biggie Matiza and ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Women sue Mnangagwa
WOMEN's representative groups have approached the High Court seeking leave to sue President Emmerson Mnangagwa for making Cabinet appointments that are not gender sensitive. Zimbabwe Women Law...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The entire cabinet must be reshuffled for the good of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe needs a Major reshuffle as soon as now to get it moving again. In the inauguration speech the previous year ED had pledged to hit the ground running. The team has been assembled for the runni...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's path to prosperity
ON April 3, I gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa a letter from my government conveying the heartfelt sympathy of the American people for the lives lost in Cyclone Idai. I also announced that the Americ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:51hrs | | by Brian Nichols
Senior ministers to be rested in this weeks reshuffle
Zimbabwe will have a First reshuffle this week since elections in July. In the inauguration speech the previous year ED had pledged to hit the ground running. The ground is available the running has s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa pushed Chiwenga against the wall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa used last week's Zanu-PF annual conference week in Esigodini to further push his main internal rival Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga against the wall in a major move t...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires Mutsvangwa?
War Veterans leader, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa, is no longer President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor, the office of the president has confirmed.Mutsvangwa was initially appointe...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe Airways $70m scandal sucks in Mugabe, Gumbo
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the controversial Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) deal in a probe that has sucked in former president Robert Mugabe's so...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga grounded
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week played the ball firmly into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's court after politically emasculating him and sidelining his key lieutenants in his cabinet appo...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Cabinet: A patronage, merit alchemy?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, following a disputed narrow victory in July which had to be validated by the Constitutional Court in August, appointed a new Cabinet on Friday, September 7....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 9 | by Washington Katema
MDC-T Statement on cabinet appointments
The MDC-T would like to congratulate the new cabinet which was sworn in today. We note with great appreciation efforts of inclusion of women, youth and other minority groups in our country. The cabine...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:45hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Zanu-PF commends Mnangagwa over Cabinet appointments
ZANU-PF yesterday commended President Mnangagwa for appointing Cabinet Ministers on meritocracy, saying the new team has the capacity to drive his vision of modernising the country while creating weal...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hope as Mnangagwa swings axe
Cabinet appointments anywhere in the world are by their nature highly-contested and emotive affairs - because virtually all politicians think they are Cabinet material, while ordinary citizens harbour...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of 'name bombing'
Smarting from his failure to wrestle power from Zanu-PF, the main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has poured cold water on rave views on Mnangagwa's government cabinet appointments sayin...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business endorses Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWE'S business executives have endorsed Professor Mthuli Ncube's Friday appointment as Finance Minister with some hoping he leveraged from his education and vast experience in world business to e...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 11:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers and deploy them at Zanu-PF headquarters — as he comes under growing pressure to dump the deadwood that worked for decades...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'out-stretch' his arms to Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has delayed announcing his Cabinet to give talks with youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa a chance, highly-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday.Zi...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to appoint his Cabinet ahead of his trip to the Far East on Friday where he is scheduled to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooper...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa walks tight Cabinet rope
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa can fortify his push to implement key reforms in the post-poll period by appointing a mixture of technocrats and deserving politicians from all political parties into Cabi...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Work cut out for Mnangagwa
It is congratulations to President Mnangagwa for winning Monday's Presidential election in the first round, giving him his own mandate in a credible poll which also gave his party two-thirds majority ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe a 'helpless' victim of domestic abuse
daiyShocking claims have emerged that although ousted former president Robert Mugabe was a much-feared leader both at home and abroad, even in his dotage, he was allegedly a "helpless" vic...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Curing the Zimbabwe coup: Polls or transitional govt?
Since our last opinion piece, it is evident that there is growing complacency about both what has taken place and what is likely to take place in the aftermath of the coup last year.If history...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Zanu-PF women demand 50-50 share of power
Zanu-PF Women's League has made a "non-negotiable" demand of 50 percent share of the ruling party's political power.According to the ruling party's central committee report presented to the 20...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Critical examination of the current affairs of this country
It is very important to take a mirror and go through all events throughout the year and have a reflection on political and economic events before we have a shutdown of 2017. Before we come to the year...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 13:34hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
So it was a coup
Now we know what the Mugabes and G40 gangsters have known since 14 November 2017. That it was actually a coup. This is despite the many assurances that it was not a coup.The first hint was whe...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Zimbabwe recidivated to the 'Mugabe normal' or worse
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe's so-called military-assisted takeover of the 37-year-old fatiguing era of the regime of former President Robert Mugabe, the country has quickly recidivated to the "Mugabe...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | 2 | by Paul Simon
Opposition prepared to sacrifice citizens for power
Operation Restore Legacy and subsequent measures implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa have caught the country's opposition flat-footed and left them at sixes and sevens as to how to win the hea...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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